Betty Yeary, 84, dies, two adults and three children injured in three-vehicle chain-reaction crashes at TX 114 and FM 168 in Lubbock, Texas

According to DPS, an 84-year-old woman from Levelland driving a Buick was attempting to turn left from the eastbound lanes of TX 114 onto FM 168 around 7:47 am Tuesday. Authorities say she failed to yield the right of way to a GMC pickup that was traveling westbound on TX 114.

According to Texas DPS, she was driving a Buick, attempting to turn left from the eastbound lanes of TX 114 onto FM 168 around 7:47 am Tuesday. Authorities say she failed to yield the right of way to a GMC pickup that was traveling westbound on TX 114.

The pickup then collided with the Buick, and the two vehicles traveled into a ditch near the westbound lanes and the service road. DPS says after this crash, another crash occurred involving a Silverado pickup that was stopped at the stop sign at the north service road.

Investigators believe a Buick driven by Betty Yeary, 84, collided with a GMC pickup truck when she failed to yield the right of way to the truck traveling in westbound lanes of Texas 114.

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